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Biggi The Cop To Become Just Biggi, The Cop
Social media figure Biggi the Cop has announced he will stop engaging with videos and statuses on Facebook, and will focus solely on police work. Birgir Örn Guðjónsson – or, as he has been known to the Icelandic public for the past…
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Police Commissioner Will Examine “Biggi The Cop” Case
The Commissioner for the Capital Area Police says they will examine a Facebook post made by “Biggi the Cop” about a recent rape acquittal. RÚV reports that Commissioner Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir has received a formal request from lawyer Sveinn Andri Sveinsson to…
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Lawyer Wants Cop Fired Over Facebook Post On Gang Rape Acquittals
A lawyer for the defense in a gang rape case that ended in acquittal is less than pleased with a police officer expressing his opinion about it on Facebook, and says he wants to see the officer fired. In the wake of…
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Hope In Dangerous Times
The year 2014 has left me asking what it really means to be Icelandic, and whether that might be something I should feel embarrassed about. Because looking back, I kinda do. For Iceland, last year was marked by a plethora of major…
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Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 18, 2014
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to letters@grapevine.is Most Awesome Letter of the Issue: In the last couple of days I witnessed how Biggi Lögga degraded from being sort of a mascot of the Icelandic police force, with his…
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Which Is Why We Talk About The Weather
Yet another Monday. Feel free to read the following at work. That goes for police staff as well. If you are self-employed, unemployed, a student, in hospital, an irregular migrant or currently on strike, I don’t have to tell you. Your teeth…
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Police Officer Wants Limits On Immigrants’ Right To Privacy
Police officer Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, colloquially known as Biggi the cop, wrote an article, published in Fréttablaðið/Vísir on Thursday, under a title which may be loosely translated as “The Forbidden Article”. Birgir shares an anecdote about a man “of foreign origin” who,…